Improved washing-machine



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@etent- @Biblica FORTUNE L. BAILEY,OF FREEPORT, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 99,747,

dated February 15, 1870.

IMPROV'ED WASHING-MACHINE.

'The Schedule referred to :in these Lette *04C To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, Fon'rUNn L. BAILEY, of Freeport, in the county ofShelby, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and improvedWashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon. y

The nature of my invention consists in providing the ordinarywashing-tub with a false bottom, which is irregularly corrugated, and onthis bottom plays irregularly corrugated, rotating, and revolving cones,connected with a tubular shaft by arms, on which they rotate' andrevolve.

,To enable others. skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to `describeits'construction and operation. v

l provide for the ordinary washing-tub lugs A A A, which are secured tothe inside of the tub, by means of screws, nails, or otherwise, at anyheight to give the amount of water desired. On these lugs rests thefalse bottom B, without any additional fastening, and can be put in ortaken out at will.

The false bottom B is made to lit any desired size of tub, and isirregularly corrugated, as shown in Figure 2.

The cog or rib number 1 runsfrom circumference to the center, cog number2 runs from the circumference to the line at T, cog number 3 runs fromcircumference to the line at 0,and cog number 4runs from circumferenceto the line at T, whilst cog number 5 runs from circumference to thecenter, as cog number l, and so ou in this manner until there is acirclewith a variation of size of cogs to suit the size of false -bot- 1screw or other device, and extending up to about the height ofthe tub.This post is the center of action for the cones G G, and keeps them totheir proper place.

The false bottom B can be perforated so asto allow the dirt to settlebelow as soon as it is freed from the ln using false bottoms-asdescribed, the work is done in less time and more evenly than when thecogs all run to the center and the false bottom is dat on thetub-bottom.

The tubular shaft D is made of suitable length, say ten or twelve incheslong, with as many arms E E as desired, substantially secured to thelower end of the shaft D, and of suitable length to suit the cones andbottom.

the crank or handle F, by which thel machine is worked.

The cavity in the shaft D is of suicient size to pass freely down overthe post G in the false bottom B.

The post C is the center of action on which the tubular shaft D rotates.The cones G G, whenhnng upon the arms E E of this tubular shaft D, areallowed to rotate and revolve freely around the tub.

The cones VG G are secured on the arms E E of the tubular shaft D bymeans of screw-taps or taps riveted on the outer ends of the arms E E.

The irregular corrugated cones or rollers G G are made to match with theirregular corrugated false bottomB, as shown in fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings, the cogs on the'cones G G matching the broader,so as to cause a slight rub onthe cones as the cones pass over them,which facilitates the work very much.

lVashing-machines, as above desrribed, may he made of wood, metal, orany other suitable'material. When made of metal, they are thoroughlygalvapized, so as not to rust.

When the machine is completed and ready for use, the false bottom B isplaced in the tub and rests upon the lugs A A; then lill the tub withwater, until the board B is covered about two inches; then spread theclothes in on the bottom B; then place the cones in the tub. The tubularshaft D passes down over the post C, the cones G G resting upon theclothes to'be washed. Then, by a rotary or backward and forward motionof the handle, the work is performed.

What I claim as my improvement in a washingmachine is The constructionand combination of the false bottom B and the cones G G with irregularcorrugations, as at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, tubular shaft D, lever F, handlee, and device to connect cones and shaft and attaching lug A, as shownand described.

FORTUNE L. BAILEY.

Witnesses z D. W. PLAGE, vJlaoo ROTHENBERGER.

Ou the upper end of the tubular shaft D is secured l valleys ofthe falsebottom B, with exception that the l cogs I on the cones are madeslightly narrower or

